It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
JAMES MADISONAmericans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
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The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state.
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I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.
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The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
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A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.
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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
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To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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